Rangers Prospect Ranking: (Winter 2019) - #12

[The Crypto Guy]

Ranger's Winter 2019 Prospect Ranking

1. Vitali Kravtsov (F) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (54%)
2. Filip Chytil (F) (2017 Draft - 1st round) (-1) (77%)
3. Igor Shestyorkin (G) (2014 Draft - 4th round) (-1) (76%)
4. Lias Andersson (F) (2017 Draft - 1st round) (E) (49%)
5. K'Andre Miller (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (76%)
6. Brett Howden (F) (2016 Draft - 1st round) (E) (80%)
7. Nils Lundqvist (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (46%)
8. Libor Hajek (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (-3)
9. Alexander Georgiev (G) (Undrafted) (+2) (41%)
10. Joey Keane (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (+14) (44%)
11. Yegor Rykov (D) (2016 Draft - 5th round (+1) (73%)

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SUMMER LIST (All nominations can be found here)
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Added: Meskanen​

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[The Crypto Guy]

I'm going to be without a computer till Thursday night so the next poll will be started then.

Voted Lindgren

 

[darko]

Lindgren, add Boo

 

[UnSandvich]

Tarmo. Getting (and more importantly, earning) tons of ice time in an adult league. I think this guy could be a player. Add Lettieri? I guess?

 

[cwede]

Lindgren (yay recency bias), add Virta

 

[nyr2k2]

Lindgren.

I like Tarmo a lot--I have tracked him and provided updates on him since back when he was a second-pairing guy in Mestis. His D+1 campaign was mediocre in a poor league and his D+2 campaign was objectively poor (maybe for factors out of his control). He has been great this year. I want to see another year of high-level, consistent play. If he can do that he's a top ten guy for me.

Keeping with the D, add Calle Sjalin.

 

[nyr2k2]

Lindgren (yay recency bias), add Virta

FWIW he was 10th last time, and Pionk was ahead of him and has since graduated. So if he wins and comes in at 12th, that's actually a drop for him.

 

[eco's bones]

Lindgren. Nieves.

 

[kovazub94]

I'm going with Reunanen. I think he was overdue for a season like this (maybe a year earlier from when the Rangers drafted him and given his injuries). Being a number 1 D regularly playing over 25+ minutes in Liiga is pretty much on par with what Lindgren has done in the AHL. But Tarmo's ceiling is higher - my justification in taking him over the American.

Edit: Add Pujaniemi who's doing well in Liiga.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Lindgren is an easy choice. I think he suffers from a lack of flash...

How is Nieves still considered a prospect? 24 Years Old and 42 Games played in the NHL

 

[nyr2k2]

Also, this is the list of remaining eligible players from the last time we did this. Crypto Guy is free to use it of course, or I'll just post it for my own use since we have a lot of guys worth ranking now.

Player Name	Last Rank	Player Name	Last Rank
Ronning, Ty	13	Crawley, Brandon	HM
Lettieri, Vinni	14	Gropp, Ryan	HM
Day, Sean	15	Hughes, Riley	HM
Meskanen, Ville	16	O'Gara, Rob	HM
Barron, Morgan	18	Sjalin, Calle	HM
Virta, Patrik	19	Bernhardt, Daniel	NR
Pajuniemi, Lauri	21	Forgarty, Steven	NR
Nieves, Boo	22	Halverson, Brandon	NR
Lindbom, Olof	23	Kjellberg, Simon	NR
Huska, Adam	25	Lakatos, Dominik	NR
Gilmour, John	26	Leedahl, Dawson	NR
Fontaine, Gabriel	28	Nanne, Tyler	NR
Bigras, Chirs	29	Nell, Chris	NR
Gross, Nico	30	Wall, Tyler	NR

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[RGY]

Add Pajuniemi

 

[Ghost of jas]

Add Pajuniemi.

 

[cwede]

Also, this is the list of remaining eligible players from the last time we did this. Crypto Guy is free to use it of course, or I'll just post it for my own use since we have a lot of guys worth ranking now.

Player Name	Last Rank	Player Name	Last Rank
Ronning, Ty	13	Crawley, Brandon	HM
Lettieri, Vinni	14	Gropp, Ryan	HM
Day, Sean	15	Hughes, Riley	HM
Meskanen, Ville	16	O'Gara, Rob	HM
Barron, Morgan	18	Sjalin, Calle	HM
Virta, Patrik	19	Bernhardt, Daniel	NR
Pajuniemi, Lauri	21	Forgarty, Steven	NR
Nieves, Boo	22	Halverson, Brandon	NR
Lindbom, Olof	23	Kjellberg, Simon	NR
Huska, Adam	25	Lakatos, Dominik	NR
Gilmour, John	26	Leedahl, Dawson	NR
Fontaine, Gabriel	28	Nanne, Tyler	NR
Bigras, Chirs	29	Nell, Chris	NR
Gross, Nico	30	Wall, Tyler	NR

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

AND these guys,
guys like Crawley, Sjalin, Lakatos, Fogarty been getting occasional mentions,

Brandon Crawley (D) (2017 Draft -4th Round) (-13)
Ryan Gropp (F) ( 2015 Draft - 2nd Round) (-15)
Riley Hughes (F) ( 2018 Draft - 7th Round) (NR)
Rob O'Gara (D) (2011 Draft - 5th Round) (NR)
Calle Sjalin (D) (2017 Draft - 5th Round) (-16)

Bernhardt, Daniel (F)
Fogarty, Steven (F)
Halverson, Brandon (G)
Kjellberg, Simon (F)
Lakatos, Dominik (F)
Leedahl, Dawson (F)
Nanne, Tyler (D)
Nell, Chris (G)
Wall, Tyler (G)

 

[Don Chytil]

Tarmo, add Boo

 

[Kendo]

Add Day (call me crazy).

 

[Savant]

Lindgren, Nieves

This is another landslide

Reunanen is next for me

 

[Harbour Dog]

Reunanen, add Lettieri.

e - add Boo, actually. The more I think about it, the more I fear Lettieri is just a AAAA player.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Add Nieves

 

[nyr2k2]

Reunanen, add Lettieri.

e - add Boo, actually. The more I think about it, the more I fear Lettieri is just a AAAA player.

I like Lettieri. He's such a good AHL player. It's just that in his 35 NHL games he done basically nothing with his opportunity. Didn't he score in his first game? And then 4 assists the next 34 games. He's about to be 24 so he still has a little time to find a niche in the NHL, but if he keeps posting bagels the opportunities will dwindle.

I feel like if by 25 you haven't found even a part-time spot, you're probably never going to. For forwards, certainly. Maybe a little longer for defensemen and goalies.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I like Lettieri. He's such a good AHL player. It's just that in his 35 NHL games he done basically nothing with his opportunity. Didn't he score in his first game? And then 4 assists the next 34 games. He's about to be 24 so he still has a little time to find a niche in the NHL, but if he keeps posting bagels the opportunities will dwindle.

I feel like if by 25 you haven't found even a part-time spot, you're probably never going to. For forwards, certainly. Maybe a little longer for defensemen and goalies.

Yeah, I think just stopping and thinking harder about him today, I've dropped him a couple spots.

Comparing him to Boo he is certainly the better minor league player, but for the role that they're going to be asked to play in the NHL, Boo is much better equipped. I have a difficult time pinning an actual ceiling to Lettieri. Like, where will his game fit in? The hope was always a Pirri-lite with better D but his shot isn't overpowering at this level, so...

Meskanen is a similar concern for me (I remember thinking that he looked like a slower Lettieri in pre-season), but he's much-improved by all accounts and hasn't had the opportunity to fit in with the Rangers yet. It wasn't until I kind of set the two against each other in my mind today that I realized I had a weird blindspot for Lettieri. No idea why; I used to think he was overrated and I don't even like his skillset all that much.

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Tarmo Reunanen

I think this is too early for Lindgren, he's been OK in Hartford, nothing more nothing less and i don't Think his upside is very high.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

add Pajuniemi

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Add Boo.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Lindgren and Tarmo are close for me. Add Pajuniemi